Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 14 / Monday, January 23, 2012 / Proposed Rules 3223 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 52 

[EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0714; FRL–9620–4] 

Approval and Promulgation of Air 

Quality Implementation Plans; 

Delaware, New Jersey, and 

Pennsylvania; Determinations of 

Attainment of the 1997 Annual Fine 

Particulate Standard for the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington 

Nonattainment Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: EPA is proposing to make two 

determinations regarding the 

Philadelphia-Wilmington fine particle 

(PM2.5) nonattainment area (the 

Philadelphia Area). EPA is proposing to 

make a determination that the 

Philadelphia Area has attained the 1997 

annual PM2.5 national ambient air 

quality standard (NAAQS) by its 

attainment date of April 5, 2010. EPA is 

also proposing to make a clean data 

determination, finding that the 

Philadelphia Area has attained the 1997 

PM2.5 NAAQS, based on ambient air 

monitoring data for the 2007–2009 and 

2008–2010 monitoring periods. In the 

Final Rules section of this Federal 

Register, EPA is making these 

determinations as a direct final rule 

without prior proposal because the 

Agency views this as a noncontroversial 

action and anticipates no adverse 

comments. A detailed rationale for the 

approval is set forth in the direct final 

rule and in the Technical Support 

Document (TSD) prepared in support of 

this rulemaking action. A copy of the 

TSD is available, upon request, from the 

EPA Regional Office listed in the 

ADDRESSES section of this document. If 

no adverse comments are received in 

response to this action, no further 

activity is contemplated. If EPA receives 

adverse comments, the direct final rule 

will be withdrawn and all public 

comments received will be addressed in 

a subsequent final rule based on this 

proposed rule. EPA will not institute a 

second comment period. Any parties 

interested in commenting on this action 

should do so at this time. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by February 22, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID Number EPA– 

R03–OAR–2011–0714 by one of the 

following methods: 

A. www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

B. Email: fernandez.cristina@epa.gov. 

C. Mail: EPA–R03–OAR–2011–0714, 

Cristina Fernandez, Associate Director, 

Office of Air Quality Planning, Mailcode 

3AP30, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

D. Hand Delivery: At the previouslylisted EPA Region III address. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–R03–OAR–2011– 

0714. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change, and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or email. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through ww.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the 

electronic docket are listed in the 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, i.e., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in www.regulations.gov or 

in hard copy during normal business 

hours at the Air Protection Division, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have questions concerning EPA’s 

proposed action related to Delaware or 

Pennsylvania, please contact Maria A. 

Pino (215) 814–2181, or by email at 

pino.maria@epa.gov. If you have 

questions concerning EPA’s proposed 

action related to New Jersey, please 

contact Henry Feingersh, (212) 637– 

3382, or by email at 

feingersh.henry@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: For 

further information, please see the 

information provided in the direct final 

action, with the same title, 

‘‘Determinations of Attainment of the 

1997 Annual Fine Particulate Standard 

for the Philadelphia-Wilmington 

Nonattainment Area,’’ that is located in 

the ‘‘Rules and Regulations’’ section of 

this Federal Register publication. 

Dated: December 8, 2011. 

W.C. Early, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III. 

Dated: January 3, 2012. 

Judith A. Enck, 

Regional Administrator, Region II. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1088 Filed 1–20–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

40 CFR Part 63 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2010–1042; FRL–9621–3] 

RIN 2060–AQ90 

National Emissions Standards for 

Hazardous Air Pollutants: Mineral 

Wool Production and Wool Fiberglass 

Manufacturing 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Proposed rule; Notice of 

extension of public comment period. 

SUMMARY: The EPA published in the 

Federal Register on November 25, 2011, 

the proposed rules, ‘‘National Emission 

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: 

Mineral Wool Production and Wool 

Fiberglass Manufacturing.’’ The EPA 

was asked to hold a public hearing only 

on the wool fiberglass manufacturing 

proposed rule, and on December 20, 

2011, published a notice announcing 

the hearing and extending the comment 

period for only the wool fiberglass 

manufacturing proposed rule (76 FR 

78872). The comment period for the 

mineral wool production proposed rule 

was not extended because no public 

hearing was requested and no requests 


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